9 Ways Voting In North Carolina Is About To Get Harder [View all]

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North Carolina is poised to pass sweeping restrictive voting laws in the wake of the Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Act decision
posted on July 25, 2013 at 6:03pm EDT
Ellie Hall BuzzFeed Staff

1. The early voting period will be shortened by a week, from 17 days to 10. Same-day registration during the early voting period will be eliminated.

2. Straight-party ticket voting will be eliminated.

3. Political party chairpersons will be allowed to designate up to 12 poll “observers” to monitor polling locations in order to ferret out voter fraud. Democracy North Carolina refers to these observers as “vigilantes.”

4. Sixteen and seventeen year-olds will no longer be allowed to pre-register to vote ...

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